Nashville Predators' long road trip will be a grind

12:44 AM,
Oct. 28, 2013

Penguins star Evgeni Malkin will be waiting for the Predators on Nov. 15.

Written by

Josh Cooper
| The Tennessean

Seventeen days, three time zones, two countries. That's where the Predators' upcoming trip will take them.

It starts Thursday at Phoenix, then works its way toward the East Coast and finishes Nov. 15 at Pittsburgh.

Along the way, there will be quite a few stops that provide some difficulty. The Predators will play one of the best teams in the NHL - the Penguins - and one of the worst - the Winnipeg Jets. Here is a look at the five most-difficult games of the road trip.1. At Pittsburgh Penguins, Nov. 15 ...